Soap bubble pipe



March 27, 1956 L. G. PERETTl SOAP BUBBLE PIPE Filed March 30, 1954 IN VEN TOR. LEONARD 6. ERETTI i2 ii LO Fig!- i5 United States Patent SOAPBUBBLE PIPE Leonard G. Peretti, Chicago, Ill. Application March 30, N54,Serial No. 419,844

1 Claim. (Cl. 46-7) The present invention relates to improvements in toybubble pipes for making bubbles from a soap solution.

The present invention has for its primary object to provide a soapbubble pipe which will permit the making of bubbles as large as threefeet in diameter, a feat that is astounding and surprising to childrenand adults alike and which has not heretofore been possible with thebubble making pipes presently on the market.

The present invention attains this object by providing the pipe with aplurality of arms which are spherically shaped on an arc of up to threefeet in diameter, and which are formed with small reservoirs to slowlydispense more solution to the bubble as it grows, it being known thatthe bubble size is dependent upon the amount of solution available atthe pipe mouth.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bubble pipe with areservoir which will contain sufficient solution for a series of smallerbubbles which are formed one at a time and shaken off as desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bubble pipe which hasa spherical surface to which the bubble will cling after it is formed,and which therefore satisfactorily holds a bubble for display arelatively long period because its film is replenished for a shortperiod by more solution supplied from the reservoirs.

These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will bereadily apparent from consideration of the following description whentaken with the annexed drawings in which like numerals indicate likeparts throughout the several views and in which:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of an embodiment of the presentinvention showing a bubble blown thereon;

Figure 2 is a top view in section taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a bottom view of the present invention; and

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Referring in greater detail to the drawing, the illustrated embodimentof the invention will be seen to consist of a hollow bowl or housing 10,formed of plastic or other material that may be molded, and having apipe stem 11 projecting from the housing near its closed end 12. Theother end of the housing is formed with a convexly curved face 13 whichis provided with an opening 14. A spout 15 extends inwardly and upwardlyinto the housing and forms between it and the side wall 16 of thehousing a reservoir 17 which will hold a small quantity 2,739,413Patented Mar. 27, 1956 of soap solution when the pipe is dipped into asupply, as in the conventional way of blowing soap bubbles.

The housing 10 has attached to it around the end opposite the closed enda plurality of arms 18, here shown as five in number although more orless may be used as desired. Arms 18 are curved as though part of asphere of about three feet in diameter, and have their lower faces 19concavely shaped and meeting with the annular face 13 on the housing insuch a manner as to form a smooth spherically shaped surface. On theupper faces 21 of the arms 18 are formed a series of depressions 22 andeach has a hole 23 through to the inner or lower face 19. The housing 10has other holes 24 through its face 13 and extending into the reservoirformed between the spout 15 and the housing side wall 16, these latterholes 24 being somewhat smaller in diameter than the holes 23 in thearms for the reason that the pressure of the air as itis blown into thehousing and out the opening 14 tends to equalize the rate of drip of thesolution to the bubble being formed.

The arms 18 are here shown to be tapering from the housing outwardly totheir ends, but may be of other shape if desired. The bubble pipe willhold a bubble for a relatively long period on its spherically shapedlower surface, with the arms more effective than a true spherical orcircular shape, the portions of the bubble between the arms, as it isformed, depending slightly downward and permitting the even distributionof the solution from the reservoirs. As is easily understood, arelatively large number of smaller bubbles may be blown, and shaken off,without refilling the reservoirs of the housing and the arms.

Though only a single embodiment of the invention has been here shown anddescribed, other embodiments, as well as many changes and modificationsare contemplated and may be made within the spirit and scope of theinvention as set forth in the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

In a soap bubble pipe, a hollow bowl having a closed end and another endand a side wall, a pipe stem projecting from said side wall andcommunicating with the interior of the bowl at a point remote from saidother end of the bowl, means partially closing said other end of thebowl and providing an opening smaller in diameter than said other end, aplurality of arms projecting from said other end of the housing, saidarms being circumferentially spaced around the housing and havingsurfaces remote from the housing, said remote surfaces being uniformlyconcave and conforming in curvature to a segment of a sphere, said armshaving holes extending therethrough, and spaced along the arms, and soapsolution recesses in the opposite sides of the arms communicating withsaid holes.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS208,063 BllSS Sept. 17, 1878 1,580,598 Grotta Apr. 13, 1926 1,646,398Galfin Oct. 25, 1927 2,396,433 Plmblelt Mar. 12, 1946

